SC Judges Not to Take Oath Before House


Emergency meeting of the full Supreme Court today decided that the judges will not go to the House of Representatives to take their oath of office and secrecy.The decision was taken after the Chief Justice Dilip Kumar Poudel called an emergency meeting of the full Supreme Court this morning. The meeting was called to discuss the proposed House of Representatives Regulations that make it mandatory for apex court justices to take their oath of office and secrecy before a special committee of parliament.

"We take a decision not to go to parliament to take oath since it would be against the principle of independence of the judiciary. Taking the oath before parliament means, the judiciary should be obliged to parliament," Justice Anupraj Sharma told reporters after the meeting.